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i To all whom` mag/leonard:

p EST, of Clarksburg, in the county of Harrisonfand `State "of Virginia, `have invented i "1a new anduseful "Improvement inCradles; and Ido hereby declare thatl the following `is `a full, clear, and `exact description there- 1 t of,"refere`n`ce beinghadto the accompany` ing drawing,*andsto"the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- "Figure 11r" the cradle, 1

i, I"venting the "mot nof `the cradle when the baby is asleep, whenit is awake to prevent itsfallingout n the `iioor by the tilting or upsetting" To enablethose skilled in the art to make land uselmy invention I `will proceed to describe` its construction and operation.

i `to theftlO esents a perspective viewof y .2ishows my improvement attached toth end` of the same.

`'Ilhefnature ofmy invention consists in `the` application fpivoted stops to` the rockersofa` cra `for the purpose of pre- "cradle, as hereinafter de- A represents the cradle body or box, hav` "ingiXed to eitherend short rockers, B B; these rockers bemade either of wood,

i and shielddljb 1 p lbe of cast metal wa metal strip or they may C representsa upon `which the "craldle rocks: this standis stationary with `respect `to the cradle, while the cradlemay Vhave a "freefmotion `Without being injurious to the carpet upon `the licor, and at the same *time the rocking `base isrender n to the little inhabit-ant,`

`f the cradle upon an even asy, `and "Without jarring,

`metal plates which are secured :each standard, C, upon which M veftheir motion; these plates `have little lugs` or guards, a, projecting up yfrom their inner edge which prevent the cradle havinga longitudinal play.

'UNITEDsTATEs PATENT oFFioE.

i ispeciicaton of lLetters Patent No.` 35,307, dated May 20, 1862.

far the keepers come in contact with a i longitudinal strip, connecting the two standards, C C.

Itis frequently necessary that the cradle should be Xed so as to prevent it from being rocked, and for this purpose I pivot to the head or foot rocker two arms, G Gr, which are slightly bent on their ends so as to be held in the position indicated by red lines, Fig. 2, when it is desired to rock the cradle, but when it is necessary to stop the motion of the cradle, and to prevent it from being rocked, these arms are thrown over the end of the rocker, in the position shown in black lines, Fig. 2. This manner of preventing the rocking of the cradle is `exceedingly simple, and can be attached to this kind of cradle with a very trifling cost.

It being peculiarly applicable to a cradle of this description on account of the height of the cradle from the floor, which renders them very dangerous on account of children falling therefrom when left to rock themselves. The rocking it will be seen `is effectually obviated so long as the arms, Gr G,are kept in their proper place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment of pivoted arms, Gr Gr, upon the rocker or rockers of cradles of the description herein represented and specied for the purposes set forth.

W. H. EARNEST.

" Vitnesses:

JOHN GIBSON,

` C. C. WRIGHT. 

